Force investigations are among the most critical and scrutinized responsibilities within law enforcement, requiring careful attention to legal standards, investigative integrity, and professional accountability. This course examines contemporary issues affecting force investigations, including evolving legal expectations, investigative practices, and the role of documentation, objectivity, and training. Participants will gain insight into how force incidents are evaluated by investigators, courts, and oversight bodies, and how thorough, impartial investigations support accountability, organizational credibility, and legally defensible outcomes.
Instructor: Attorney Eric P. Daigle
Principal Attorney, Daigle Law Group, LLC Attorney Eric P. Daigle is the founder and principal attorney of Daigle Law Group, LLC. This nationally recognized law firm specializes in legal consultation and operational management for law enforcement agencies across the United States. With a distinguished career spanning law enforcement and legal practice, Attorney Daigle brings unparalleled expertise in civil rights litigation, police misconduct, employment law, and public safety operations. His legal practice focuses on consulting and expert witness services related to police and security operations, with particular emphasis on use-of-force incidents, training, investigations, and supervisory oversight. He is frequently called upon to analyze and evaluate deadly force incidents and law enforcement conduct in high-risk, high-profile cases nationwide.
Attorney Daigle serves as a trusted law enforcement consultant, advising police executives and municipal leadership on agency operations, command structures, and organizational risk management. Agencies nationwide have retained their services to develop, review, and revise departmental policies, ensuring operational manuals align with evolving case law, constitutional standards, and national best practices. His policy consulting has played a critical role in helping agencies achieve and maintain compliance with accreditation standards set by CALEA and state POST commissions.
- Credit Hours: 1
- Area: 201
- Topic: Use of Force
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